# 散

| 散 | U+6563, &#25955; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6563 |
| ← 敢 [U+6562] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 敤 → [U+6564] |

## Translingual
### Han character

散 (Kangxi radical 66, 攴+8, 12 strokes, cangjie input 廿月人大 (TBOK), four-corner 4824$_0$, composition ⿰⿱龷月攵)

#### Derived characters

* 撒, 潵, 橵, 糤, 繖, 鏾, 饊, 霰, 䉈

#### Descendants

* サ

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 472, character 34
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13265
* Dae Jaweon: page 825, character 18
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1465, character 15
* Unihan data for U+6563

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 散 :
| Shang | Western Zhou | Warring States | Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Qin slip script | Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 散 | *saːnʔ, *saːns |
| 糤 | *saːnʔ |
| 繖 | *saːnʔ, *saːns |
| 饊 | *saːnʔ |
| 鏾 | *saːnʔ |
| 潸 | *sraːn, *sraːnʔ |
| 霰 | *sqʰeːns |
| 撒 | *saːd |
The original version visible on oracle bone script is 㪔, hence Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 林 (“trees, forest”) + 攴 (“to knock, to tap”), also written with hemp stalks 𣏟 (> 𢽳) or bamboo 竹 instead of two trees. The original meanings are "to clear a place from vegetation; to kill". The character later started meaning "to dissipate, to disperse" since bamboo in particular breaks easily into pieces; eventually, the meaning shifted to "to walk around, to stroll".
Shuowen: Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *saːnʔ, *saːns) : semantic 肉 + phonetic 𢽳, written as 𣀙, in which 林 is well visible on top.

### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sjwar ~ g/b-sjwa-n/t (“flow; pour; scatter; spill; sow; broadcast”). Cognate with 撒 (OC *saːd, “to cast away; to let go”), 宣 (OC *sqʰon, “to spread; to proclaim”), Tibetan འཆོར་བ ('chor ba, “to escape; to flow out”), Burmese သွန် (swan, “to pour out; to spill”), Lahu šē (“to sow; to broadcast”), Lahu šêʔ (“to pour; to spill; to disperse; to sow; to broadcast”).

### Pronunciation 1

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sǎn (san$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˇ
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): sàn
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saan$^2$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): seng$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhan$^2$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): san / sán
    (Meixian, Guangdong): san$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): san$^2$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sāng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sang$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sóaⁿ / sán / sám / sáng
    (Teochew, Peng'im): suan$^3$ / suan$^2$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$se
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sǎn
*** Wade–Giles: san$^3$
*** Yale: sǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: saan
*** Palladius: сань (sanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän²¹⁴/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: sàn
*** Sinological IPA : /sã⁵³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saan$^2$
*** Yale: sáan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saan$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: san$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːn³⁵/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: seng$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛŋ³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬan⁵⁵/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san / sán
*** Hakka Romanization System: san / san$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: san$^4$ / san$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵/, /san³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: san$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /san³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: san$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sæ̃⁵³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sāng
*** Sinological IPA : /saŋ³³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬaŋ⁴⁵³/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sang$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬaŋ³³²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sóaⁿ
*** Tâi-lô: suánn
*** Phofsit Daibuun: svoar
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /suã⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /suã⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /suã⁵³/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sán
*** Tâi-lô: sán
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sarn
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /san⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /san⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /san⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sám
*** Tâi-lô: sám
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sarm
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /sam⁵³/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /sam⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /sam⁴¹/
** (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Tong'an)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sáng
*** Tâi-lô: sáng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: sarng
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /saŋ⁵⁵⁴/
*** IPA (Tong'an): /saŋ³¹/
* sóaⁿ - vernacular;
* sán - literary;
* sám - literary ("to sprinkle, to spread, to gobble, carelessly, casually");
* sáng - literary ("to put on the fire").
* Middle Chinese: sanX
Rime :
| Character | 散 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蘇旱切 |
| Baxter | sanX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɑn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sɑn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɑn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /san$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /sɑn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /sɑn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sɑn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saan$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*[s]ˤa[n]ʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*saːnʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 散 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ san$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*[s]ˁa[n]ʔ/ |
| English | scattered (adj.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 散 |
| Reading # | 1/2 |
| No. | 10967 |
| Phonetic component | 散 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 散 |
| Old Chinese | /*saːnʔ/ |
| Notes | 說文左上從林 |

#### Definitions

散
* free and unfettered
* natural and restrained; at ease
* loose; free
* to become loose; to break apart; to fall apart
* scattered; fragmentary; odd; apart; sporadic; temporary
* mixed and disorderly; miscellaneous; random
* (literature) free from parallelism
* careless; incautious; inattentive
* ordinary; useless
* (traditional Chinese medicine) medicine in powder form
* (Hokkien) to sprinkle; to spread (such as salt, powder, wood, ashes, medicinal powder, sawdust, fuel, etc.)
* (Quanzhou and Tong'an Hokkien) to put on the fire (such as wood or fuel)
* (Xiamen and Zhangzhou Hokkien) to gobble; to devour; to gorge
* (Xiamen and Quanzhou Hokkien) casually; at random; carelessly; haphazardly; randomly; as one pleases; without restraint or goal

#### Compounds

* 一片散沙
* 一盤散沙 / 一盘散沙 (yīpánsǎnshā)
* 七零八散
* 中散大夫
* 光皮散兒 / 光皮散儿
* 多道散說 / 多道散说
* 嵇中散
* 廣陵散 / 广陵散
* 慢散
* 懶散 / 懒散 (lǎnsǎn)
* 投閒置散 / 投闲置散 (tóuxiánzhìsǎn)
* 拆散
* 散人
* 散件
* 散儒
* 散光眼
* 散兵 (sǎnbīng)
* 散兵游勇 (sǎnbīng yóuyǒng)
* 散劑 / 散剂
* 散嗽
* 散地
* 散套
* 散官
* 散射
* 散居 (sǎnjū)
* 散帙
* 散帶衡門 / 散带衡门
* 散戶 / 散户 (sǎnhù)
* 散手 (sànshǒu)
* 散散的
* 散散落落
* 散文 (sǎnwén)
* 散文詩 / 散文诗 (sǎnwénshī)
* 散曲 (sǎnqǔ)
* 散木
* 散板
* 散樂 / 散乐
* 散氏盤 / 散氏盘
* 散沙 (sǎnshā)
* 散漫
* 散秩
* 散耍
* 散聲 / 散声
* 散職 / 散职
* 散裝 / 散装 (sǎnzhuāng)
* 散裝貨 / 散装货
* 散話 / 散话
* 散誕 / 散诞
* 散逛
* 散逸
* 散騎常侍 / 散骑常侍
* 樗散
* 櫟散 / 栎散
* 湖濱散記 / 湖滨散记
* 胡說散道 / 胡说散道
* 蕭散 / 萧散
* 閒散 / 闲散 (xiánsǎn)
* 駑散 / 驽散
* 鬆散 / 松散 (sōngsǎn)
* 麻沸散

### Pronunciation 2

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): sàn (san$^4$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄙㄢˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): san$^4$
    (Xi'an, Guanzhong Pinyin): sān
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): saan$^3$
    (Dongguan, Jyutping++): seng$^3$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): lhan$^1$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): san
    (Meixian, Guangdong): san$^4$
* Jin (Wiktionary): san$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): sáng
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sua$^4$ / suaⁿ$^4$ / sang$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): sòaⁿ / sàn / sàm
    (Teochew, Peng'im): suan$^3$
    (Leizhou, Leizhou Pinyin): sua$^3$ / sang$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$se
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): san$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: sàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄙㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: sàn
*** Wade–Giles: san$^4$
*** Yale: sàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: sann
*** Palladius: сань (sanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /sän⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: san$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: san
*** Sinological IPA : /san²¹³/
** (Xi'an)
*** Guanzhong Pinyin: sān
*** Sinological IPA : /sã⁵⁵/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: saan$^3$
*** Yale: saan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: saan$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: san$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /saːn³³/
** (Dongguan, Guancheng)
*** Jyutping++: seng$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /sɛŋ³²/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: lhan$^1$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬan³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: san
*** Hakka Romanization System: san
*** Hagfa Pinyim: san$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /san⁵⁵/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: san$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /san⁵³/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: san$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /sæ̃⁴⁵/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: sáng
*** Sinological IPA : /sɑŋ²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sua$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬua⁴²/
** (Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: suaⁿ$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬũã⁴²/
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: sang$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /ɬaŋ⁴²/
* sua4/suaⁿ4 - vernacular;
* sang4 - literary.
* Middle Chinese: sanH
Rime :
| Character | 散 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Initial (聲) | 心 (16) |
| Final (韻) | 寒 (61) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 蘇旰切 |
| Baxter | sanH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /sɑn$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /sɑn$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /sɑn$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /san$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /sɑn$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /sɑn$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /sɑn$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | sàn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | saan$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*mə-sˤa[n]ʔ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*saːns/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 散 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | sàn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ san$^H$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*mə-sˁa[n]ʔ-s/ |
| English | scatter (v.t.) |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 散 |
| Reading # | 2/2 |
| No. | 10972 |
| Phonetic component | 散 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 繖 |
| Old Chinese | /*saːns/ |

#### Definitions

散
* to break up; to disperse; to scatter
* to distribute; to disseminate
* to open; to open wide
* to dissipate; to distract; to find diversion
* to run away; to escape; to flee
* to express; to declare; to explain
* to end; to finish; to be over
* to lose; to miss
* to herd; to graze; to walk (animals)
* chaotic; helter-skelter
* (Hokkien) to induce sweat
* (Hokkien) buttoned; fastened with a Chinese button knot or button; buckled; clasped
    長衫散裙／长衫散裙 [Hokkien] ― tn̂g-saⁿ sàm-kûn [Pe̍h-ōe-jī] ― long gown and full flowing skirt (full Ming dynasty dress)
* (Mainland China Hokkien) courageous; fearless
* (Xiamen, Quanzhou and Philippine Hokkien) to stroll; to saunter; to go for a walk
* (Zhangzhou and Taiwanese Hokkien) poor

#### Synonyms

* (poor):
* 厄 (literary, or in compounds)
* 困乏 (kùnfá) (formal)
* 困窘 (kùnjiǒng)
* 困窮 / 困穷 (kùnqióng)
* 困苦 (kùnkǔ)
* 困難 / 困难
* 困頓 / 困顿 (kùndùn)
* 宋凶 (Hokkien)
* 散凶 (Hokkien)
* 散赤 (Hokkien)
* 清苦 (qīngkǔ) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
* 淡薄 (dànbó) (literary)
* 清貧 / 清贫 (qīngpín) (especially of scholars and intellectuals)
* 㾪赤 (Hokkien)
* 磽 / 硗 (Teochew)
* 䆀康 (Hokkien)
* 空乏 (kòngfá) (literary)
* 窄
* 窘促 (jiǒngcù) (literary)
* 窘困 (jiǒngkùn)
* 窘迫 (jiǒngpò)
* 窮 / 穷 (qióng)
* 窮乏 / 穷乏 (qióngfá) (literary)
* 窮困 / 穷困 (qióngkùn)
* 窮㾪 / 穷㾪 (Hokkien)
* 窮苦 / 穷苦 (qióngkǔ)
* 窮赤 / 穷赤 (Hokkien)
* 艱苦 / 艰苦 (Hokkien)
* 苦寒 (kǔhán)
* 貧乏 / 贫乏 (pínfá)
* 貧困 / 贫困 (pínkùn)
* 貧寒 / 贫寒 (pínhán)
* 貧瘠 / 贫瘠 (pínjí) (literary)
* 貧窮 / 贫穷 (pínqióng)
* 貧苦 / 贫苦 (pínkǔ)

#### Compounds

* 一哄而散
* 一鬨而散 / 一哄而散
* 三零四散
* 不歡而散 / 不欢而散 (bùhuān'érsàn)
* 不見不散 / 不见不散 (bùjiànbùsàn)
* 五零四散
* 休牛散馬 / 休牛散马
* 佈散 / 布散
* 俵散
* 冤魂不散
* 冰散瓦解
* 分散 (fēnsàn)
* 四散 (sìsàn)
* 大散關 / 大散关
* 天女散花 (tiānnǚsànhuā)
* 失散 (shīsàn)
* 好聚好散 (hǎojùhǎosàn)
* 好離好散 / 好离好散
* 妻離子散 / 妻离子散 (qīlízǐsàn)
* 布散
* 彩雲易散 / 彩云易散
* 忽聚忽散
* 怠散
* 悲歡合散 / 悲欢合散
* 悲歡聚散 / 悲欢聚散
* 打散
* 拆散
* 披頭散髮 / 披头散发
* 播散 (bōsàn)
* 撲散 / 扑散
* 擴散 / 扩散 (kuòsàn)
* 擴散作用 / 扩散作用
* 攪散 / 搅散
* 放散
* 散亂 / 散乱 (sǎnluàn)
* 散伙 (sànhuǒ)
* 散光
* 散利
* 散堂鼓
* 散場 / 散场
* 散夥 / 散伙 (sànhuǒ)
* 散失 (sànshī)
* 散局
* 散工
* 散布 (sànbù)
* 散心 (sànxīn)
* 散悶 / 散闷
* 散播 (sànbō)
* 散攤子 / 散摊子
* 散散兒 / 散散儿
* 散施 (sànshī)
* 散會 / 散会 (sànhuì)
* 散步 (sànbù)
* 散熱 / 散热 (sànrè)
* 散熱器 / 散热器 (sànrèqì)
* 散發 / 散发
* 散福
* 散絲 / 散丝
* 散落 (sànluò)
* 散血草
* 散衙
* 散財 / 散财 (sàncái)
* 散開 / 散开 (sànkāi)
* 散關 / 散关
* 散館 / 散馆
* 散髮 / 散发 (sànfà)
* 散齋 / 散斋
* 星散
* 星羅雲散 / 星罗云散
* 星落雲散 / 星落云散
* 星離雨散 / 星离雨散
* 曲終人散 / 曲终人散 (qǔzhōngrénsàn)
* 東零西散 / 东零西散
* 止戈散馬 / 止戈散马
* 沒散場 / 没散场
* 流散 (liúsàn)
* 消散 (xiāosàn)
* 渙散 / 涣散 (huànsàn)
* 滿散 / 满散
* 潰散 / 溃散 (kuìsàn)
* 煙消雲散 / 烟消云散 (yānxiāoyúnsàn)
* 煙消霧散 / 烟消雾散
* 煙飛星散 / 烟飞星散
* 蒸散
* 蒸散作用
* 猢猻散 / 猢狲散
* 獸聚鳥散 / 兽聚鸟散
* 瓦解星散
* 瓦解雲散 / 瓦解云散
* 疏散
* 發散 / 发散 (fāsàn)
* 盛筵必散
* 盛筵易散
* 盡歡而散 / 尽欢而散
* 眾散親離 / 众散亲离
* 破家散業 / 破家散业
* 破散
* 精神渙散 / 精神涣散
* 給散 / 给散
* 罷散 / 罢散
* 耗散
* 聚散 (jùsàn)
* 舒散
* 色散 (sèsàn)
* 蕩散 / 荡散
* 行散
* 解散 (jiěsàn)
* 解散權 / 解散权
* 走散 (zǒusàn)
* 趕散 / 赶散
* 逃散
* 迸散
* 遣散
* 遣散費 / 遣散费
* 陰魂不散 / 阴魂不散
* 集散
* 集散地
* 離散 / 离散 (lísàn)
* 雨來散 / 雨来散
* 雨散雲收 / 雨散云收
* 雨零星散
* 雲收雨散 / 云收雨散
* 雲收霧散 / 云收雾散
* 雲散 / 云散
* 雲散風流 / 云散风流
* 雲消雨散 / 云消雨散
* 雲消霧散 / 云消雾散 (yúnxiāo-wùsàn)
* 零散
* 零零散散
* 風流雨散 / 风流雨散
* 風流雲散 / 风流云散 (fēngliúyúnsàn)
* 飄散 / 飘散 (piāosàn)
* 飛散 / 飞散 (fēisàn)
* 驅散 / 驱散 (qūsàn)
* 骨肉離散 / 骨肉离散
* 魂銷魄散 / 魂销魄散
* 魂飄魄散 / 魂飘魄散
* 魂飛魄散 / 魂飞魄散 (húnfēipòsàn)
* 魄散九霄
* 魄散魂飛 / 魄散魂飞
* 魚潰鳥散 / 鱼溃鸟散
* 魚驚鳥散 / 鱼惊鸟散
* 鳥散 / 鸟散
* 鳥散魚潰 / 鸟散鱼溃
* 鳥獸散 / 鸟兽散 (niǎoshòusàn)

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Fourth grade kyōiku kanji)
* scatter

#### Readings

* Go-on: さん (san, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: さん (san, Jōyō)
* Kun: ちらかす (chirakasu, 散らかす, Jōyō)、ちる (chiru, 散る, Jōyō)、ちらす (chirasu, 散らす, Jōyō)、ちらかる (chirakaru, 散らかる, Jōyō)、ばら (bara, 散)

#### Compounds

* 散(さん)逸(いつ) (san'itsu)
* 散(さん)開(かい) (sankai)
* 散(さん)見(けん) (sanken)
* 散(さん)光(こう) (sankō)
* 散(さん)策(さく) (sansaku)
* 散(さん)在(ざい) (sanzai)
* 散(さん)財(ざい) (sanzai, “wasteful spending”)
* 散(さん)々(ざん) (sanzan, “thoroughly; utterly”)
* 散(さん)水(すい) (sansui, “sprinkler”)
* 散(さん)村(そん) (sanson, “remote village”)
* 散(さん)弾(だん) (sandan)
* 散(さん)発(ぱつ) (sanpatsu, “sporadic”, literally “scattershot”)
* 散(さん)髪(ぱつ) (sanpatsu)
* 散(さん)文(ぶん) (sanbun)
* 散(さん)布(ぷ) (sanpu)
* 散(さん)歩(ぽ) (sanpo)
* 散(さん)漫(まん) (sanman)
* 散(さん)乱(らん) (sanran)
* 散(ち)り蓮(れん)華(げ) (chirirenge, “scattered lotus petals”)

## Korean
### Hanja

散 • (san) (hangeul 산, revised san, McCune–Reischauer san, Yale san)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

散: Hán Nôm readings: tản, tảng, tan, tởn, tán
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